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Study Group with Bob Cohn: Truth, Fact, and Opinion: Journalism in an Era of "Fake News"

This study group will explore new realities facing media and politics at a time of business and technological disruption, and against the backdrop of the 2020 presidential campaign. We have today an incumbent who has encouraged violence against reporters ...

Study Group with Deesha Dyer: The People's House

Imposter syndrome is defined as feeling like you achieved something by luck, not talent. You feel like a ‘fraud’ that could be exposed at any moment, even if you earned every victory and accomplishment. Deesha Dyer was no exception-- constantly feeling li ...

Study Group with Alice Stewart: It's All About the Data: Never Underestimate The Power of Numbers

Former President Ronald Reagan encouraged colleagues to “not speak ill-will of fellow Republicans. Former President Barack Obama advised Democrats to “avoid the circular firing squad” in the primary. In the Trump era we have the line from the hit series G ...

Study Group with H.E. Isabel Saint Malo de Alvarado: The U.S. and Latin America

Week 6: The U.S. and Latin America We live in a constant changing, very connected, global scenario. Foreign Policy decisions must be based on: i. national interests and priorities; ii. other country ́s priorities and interest and how they affect our own, ...

Study Group with Jeff Flake: Will Conservatism Survive Donald Trump?

As its main focus, this study group will explore the recent past and ponder the future of conservatism. In addition, this study group will discuss the nature of compromise in our two-party system. While Barry Goldwater was best known for his declaration t ...

Study Group with LaTosha Brown: Organizing Around a New Narrative: Strategies for Shifting the Narrative and Building Political Power through Storytelling and Strategic Messaging Harvard ID Required

***Harvard ID Required*** America’s political landscape is shifting in ways that threatens democracy. We are currently witnessing: the shifting of the perception and function of the Executive Branch, the increasing over-reach of Presidential powers, the p ...

Fighting for Political Power: Women’s Inclusion from the 19th Amendment to 2020

A conversation on the history of suffrage with IOP Fall 2019 Resident Fellow LaTosha Brown, League of Women Voters of the United States Virginia Kase, former Dean of Stanford Law Kathleen Sullivan, moderated by Harvard Kennedy School’s Sarah Wald. Opening ...

Trade Tensions and the Future of the Global Economy

The 2019 Malcolm H. Wiener Lecture in International Political Economy with IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath and Professor Jason Furman on trade tensions and the future of the global economy. Welcoming Remarks by Douglas Elmendorf Dean, Harvard Kennedy Sc ...

Study Group with Bob Cohn: Statecraft and Social Media: Diplomacy in the Internet Age

This study group will explore new realities facing media and politics at a time of business and technological disruption, and against the backdrop of the 2020 presidential campaign. We have today an incumbent who has encouraged violence against reporters ...

Study Group with Alice Stewart: Will 2020 be the Year of the Woman in Politics?